An Iraqi man morns as he stand amid the debris of his house after a car bomb attack in Hilla city, southern Baghdad, Iraq, December 31, 2012. At least 13 people were killed and 47 wounded in a series of bomb and gunfire attacks in central and eastern Iraq, police said. (EPA/KHIDER ABBAS)

Traders wear 2013 New Years party glasses while they work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange December 31, 2012 in New York City. US lawmakers are struggling to work out a last-minute deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff," which could mean tax raises for millions of Americans. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Resident Madelyn Kinnard rests her head on the shoulder of her older sister Grace, as they watch firefighters work to put out a six alarm blaze Monday December 31, 2012, while their parents, Judy and Steve, make phone calls. The Kinnard's live in the condo building to the right which looks like it wasn't burned but did suffer water damage...

US President Barack Obama pauses while making a statement about fiscal cliff negotiations from the White House December 31, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama said the fallback deal being negotiated in Congress ahead of a January 1 deadline would start to solve America's budget and deficit problems in several steps rather than in a big, comprehensive deal that he had...

An ash smeared Hindu Sadhu or holy man speaks with a young boy beside a tent at the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati in Allahabad on December 31, 2012, ahead of The Maha Kumbh Mela. The Kumbh Mela, which is scheduled to take place in the northern Indian city in January and February 2013, is the...

An Indian vendor sells balloons as the sunsets in Siliguri on December 31, 2012. Sydney will kick off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013, from Dubai to Moscow and London, with long-isolated Yangon joining the global pyrotechnics for the first time. (DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images)

An Indian protester holds placards during a rally in New Delhi on December 31,2012. The family of an Indian gang-rape victim said they would not rest until her killers are hanged as they spoke of their own pain and trauma over a crime that has united the country in grief. (SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images)

A Kashmiri man pulls a sleigh carrying foreign tourists in Gulmarg, about 55 kms north of Srinagar, on December 31, 2012. Gulmarg is the main ski destination in Indian Kashmir and hundreds of foreigners visit the slopes despite an ongoing insurgency in the region. (TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images)

People enjoy the last sunset of 2012 at Kandawgyi Lake in Yangon on December 31, 2012. Some 50,000 people were expected to flock to the revered golden Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon for the Myanmar city's first public countdown with fireworks, seen as further evidence of opening up after decades of junta rule. (Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images)

The stairs are all that remains of the home that once stood at 811 Brook Avenue in Union Beach, NJ, Tuesday December 11, 2012. The house was destroyed during Hurricane Sandy. (Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger)

A damaged statue of Jesus found in the wreckage of a house on Brook Avenue was placed on the front steps of the house as an excavator piles up the wreckage. An indepth look at the devastation of Union Beach caused by hurricane Sandy. Monday December 10, 2012. UNION BEACH, NJ, USA. (Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger)

View of the remains of the Star Jet roller coaster from atop the heavily damaged the Casino Pier in Seaside Heights in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Seaside Heights, NJ 12/11/12 (Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger)

Crews have closed a breach in the barrier island at the base of the Mantoloking Bridge where Barnegat Bay met the Atlantic Ocean here after Hurricane Sandy pummeled the Jersey Shore last week. 11/5/12 (Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger)